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  • Not every moment of cancer treatment is exciting. Sometimes chemotherapy means a boring, outpatient visit.
    FunnyBlood_BoredChemo_BW.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for rest--and teddy bears.
    FunnyBlood_TeddyBear_BW.tif
  • Instead of the then-standard bone marrow transplant, Karin received an experimental stem-cell transplant--and a new life. She is hugged by her mother moments after the stem cells were delivered, having just been reborn.
    FunnyBlood_syringes_BW.tif
  • Instead of the then-standard bone marrow transplant, Karin received an experimental stem-cell transplant--and a new life. She rests with her mother moments after having received the stem cells, having just been reborn.
    FunnyBlood_PostTransplant_BW.tif
  • Instead of the then-standard bone marrow transplant, Karin received an experimental stem-cell transplant--and a new life. She is hugged by her mother moments after the stem cells were delivered, having just been reborn.
    FunnyBlood_Mom-hug_BW.tif
  • With Karin's stem cell transplant came the risk of rejection of the stem cells by the body, much like there is with an organ transplant. The resulting graft versus host disease can me life threatening or mild.<br />
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Luckily, Karin suffered rather minor symptoms. The steroid prednisone, which she was prescribed for its anti-inflammatory properties, ultimately led to osteonecrosis (bone death), a known side effect of the drug. This, in turn, led her to need a hip replacement.
    FunnyBlood_Soccer_BW.tif
  • After her diagnosis and initial course of chemotherapy, Karin stayed in the hospital for a month. There was a lot of time to kill.<br />
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"Our minds were rarely sad. We strongly believed and often reminded one another that sadness did not fight cancer. Perhaps the best reminder to both of us and to everyone that was affected by the situation, were our frequent displays of silliness, our capacity for normal behavior under abnormal circumstances." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Shooting_BW.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for contemplation.
    FunnyBlood_pensive_BW.tif
  • After her diagnosis and initial course of chemotherapy, Karin stayed in the hospital for a month. There was a lot of time to kill.<br />
<br />
"Our minds were rarely sad. We strongly believed and often reminded one another that sadness did not fight cancer. Perhaps the best reminder to both of us and to everyone that was affected by the situation, were our frequent displays of silliness, our capacity for normal behavior under abnormal circumstances." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Shooting3_BW.tif
  • With Karin's stem cell transplant came the risk of rejection of the stem cells by the body, much like there is with an organ transplant. The resulting graft versus host disease can me life threatening or mild.<br />
<br />
Luckily, Karin suffered rather minor symptoms. The steroid prednisone, which she was prescribed for its anti-inflammatory properties, ultimately led to osteonecrosis (bone death), a known side effect of the drug. This, in turn, led her to need a hip replacement.
    FunnyBlood_ZipperHip_BW.tif
  • After her diagnosis and initial course of chemotherapy, Karin stayed in the hospital for a month. There was a lot of time to kill.
    FunnyBlood_UpsideDown_BW.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for contemplation.
    FunnyBlood_Sad_BW.tif
  • After her diagnosis and initial course of chemotherapy, Karin stayed in the hospital for a month. There was a lot of time to kill.
    FunnyBlood_Rubix_BW.tif
  • "Unbelievable as it might seem, rabbits were used to help doctors destroy my old immune system. Certain cells of my immune system were placed in a rabbit that recognized these cells as foreign and labeled them as such. These labeled cells were then placed back into my body to completely destroy what was left of my immune system. The reactions were so severe that I began to shake uncontrollably. The 'bunnies,' as they became known, were literally hopping inside me." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_OnCouch_BW.tif
  • "It seemed my course was progressing smoothly. My bone marrow was now 100% male, containing 100% of my brother's stem cells. And then one morning I woke up heaving, dizzy, unable to walk, unable to comprehend what had happened. To the hospital I went. MRIs, spinal taps, and chest X-rays followed. I was diagnosed with meningitis, Epstein-Barr virus, and chronic sinusitis. The dirty city had bitten me." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_MRI_BW.tif
  • At the Austin Water Utility Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend, the duckweed covered ponds are used to reduce the algae levels of the treated wastewater. The water is then returned to outdoor holding ponds that have become famous for attracting migratory birds to the area.
    TX-AguaModerna-Greenhouse.tif
  • Kevin Anderson, who runs the Austin Water Utility Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend, inspects one of the duckweed covered ponds that are used to reduce the algae levels of the treated wastewater. The water is then returned to outdoor holding ponds that have become famous for attracting migratory birds to the area.
    TX-AguaModerna-Greenhouse-Kevin.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy4_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy-cringe_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_BiopsySad_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy-cringe2_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy-smile_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy2_BW.tif
  • After 29 days of chemotherapy treatment in the hospital, Karin went home to recover. Her exit was not permanent; she would return for a scheduled stem-cell transplant.
    FunnyBlood_OneWay_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Pain_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy1_BW.tif
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